Improvement in office-register and directory



waited gisten HENRY RENTCHLER; or BELLEVILLE, ILLINOIS.

Letters PatentpNo. 102,592, dated Mtl/y 3, 1870.

minovmvmn'r 1N OFFICE-REGISTER AND DIRECTQRY.

The Schedule referred to in these Letton Patent and making part of thesame.

To 'whomit mag/concern: i

Be it known that I, HENRY RENTCHLER, of Belleville, in the county of St.Clair and State of Illinois,

have invented anew and useful Improvement in Oflice-Register, or Daily,Hourly, and Monthly Directery; and I do hereby declare thatthe following.is a full, clear, and exact description thereof', which will enableothers'skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being hadto the accompanying drawings forming part of 4this specification, inwhich- Figure 1 is a front view of my'improved register, opened up,parts being broken away to showthe construction. p y Y Figure 2 isahorizontal section of the same closed.

My invention has for its object to furnish an irnproved device, simplein construction and convenient in use, for enabling business men andothers to keep their memoranda of matters and things to be attended to,in such a shape that they can sec at a glance what they have'V to attendto, what engagements to keep, &c., for each day of the month, and forany hour of the day; and

It consists in the construction and combination of the "arious parts, ashereinafter more fully described.

A represents a standard or upright,'to the Vface of which, near each ofits sides, is hinged a row of four arms, B, the arms B of each row beingplaced thc one above the other.

To the arms ofthe one' row are attached thirty-one staples, which are'numbered from one to thirty-one, to represents the days of the month,and which are designed to. receive the hooks C. l

The hooks C are designed to receive memoranda and other papers, andwhichare constructed with bends, as 'shown in iig. 1, to enable them to beattached to and detached from the staples, without removing the papersfrom said hooks.

YTo twoof the other row of four armsB are attached twelve staples, whichare marked with the names of the months, as shown.

To the 'other two arms B of the second row arcatv-tached thirteenstaples, which are marked with the letters of the alphabet, two lettersto each staple, as shown in iig. 1.

The register is designed to be inclosed with a case, D, made with twodoors, lll, so that the arms 'B and the suspended papers may be shut upwhen desired.

The case D may be divided into two compartments by a central partition,d2, if desired.

To one of the doors d1 is attached a dial, E, having twelve hooks, moreor less, attached to it, and numbered to represent the `hours of theday.

lo the front of the case D is attached a dial, F,

having an outercirclc of thirty-one division-marks,

numbered from one to thirty-one, to represent the days of' the month,and upon an inner circle are placed the names of the months. uw To thecenter of the dial E are pivoted two hands,

G H, one to point to the months, and the other to the days, thus forminga perpetual calendar.

To the inner side of the other door d1 are attached two pockets, I J theone I to receive mail mattei' for the post-oliice, and the other toreceive mail mattei" from the post-oflicc.

In using the register, the memoranda of business toV ,be attended to, orappointments to be kept, are suspended from the arms marked with thenames of the months under their appropriate months.

At the beginning of each month, the memoranda belonging to that monthare removed and distributed under their proper dates upon the armsmarked with the days of the mont-h,so that, as each daycomes, thememoranda of thev business for' that day will be at When appoint-mentsare made lor business is tobe attended' to at any particular hour of theday, the memoranda of such appointments are suspended from the hookmarked with the proper hour.

The arms marked with the letters of the alphabet are designed forletters or other memoranda to be kept in alphabetical order.

Having thus described my invention,

I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- An improvedndice-register, consisting of standard A, hinged arms B, staples, hooksO, case D, dial E with hooks thereon, and dial l with hands G H, allsaid' parts being brought together, notated, and relatively constructedas and for the purpose described.

HENRY RENTCHLER.

Witnesses:

H. W. EYMAN, AMMON H. LU'rz.

